The cost of bringing a seared scallop to your plate is high. For all the sea life that lands in our gut, thousands of aquatic lives are purposelessly lost in sea as a result of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing nets. Synthetic and non-biodegradable, they float as ghost nets in water, continuing to capture aquatic life that’s hardly going to land on anyone’s menu. And, this fishing gear accounts for nearly 10 per cent of marine litter.